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- Formosa's choice: rebuild or relocate?(Opinion)(Formosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A.)
- Formosa Plastics Corp. USA is facing a tough choice in Illiopolis, Ill. In the wake of the April 2004 explosion that killed five workers and destroyed most of Formosa's specialty PVC resin plant in that small Midwestern town, Formosa publicly has said it will...
- Research articles 2005-05-30
- After blast, Formosa removing feedstock.(News)
- Formosa Plastics Corp. USA is removing PVC feedstocks from its damaged resin plant in Illiopolis, Ill. Livingston, N.J.-based Formosa is transporting 20-25 rail cars of vinyl chloride monomer and vinyl acetate monomer to make cleanup easier at the plant, which was damaged in an...
- Research articles 2004-07-05
- Formosa Plastics to spend $4.3 million to resolve environmental violations. (News).(Brief Article)
- FORMOSA PLASTICS Corp. USA has agreed to spend more than $4.3 million to resolve violations of state clean air and clean water laws at its Baton Rouge, La., chemical plant. Under a settlement with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality DEQ,...
- Research articles 2002-10-21
- Pavilion, Formosa Plastics team. (IT in Brief).(Brief Article)
- Formosa Plastics Corp. USA has successfully implemented Pavilion Technologies Inc.'s polyolefins advanced control solution on Formosa's two gas phase polyethylene lines, which use the BP Innovene process. In 2000, Pavilion and BP formed a strategic alliance that resulted in the development of configured software solutions ...
- Research articles 2002-07-22
- Formosa to buy PVC plant from BCP for $35 million. (News).(Formosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A. to acquire polyvinyl chloride plant from Borden Chemicals and Plastics Operating L.P.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- FORMOSA PLASTICS Corp. USA has entered into an agreement to buy the Illiopolis, I11.-based polyvinyl chloride PVC operations of Borden Chemicals and Plastics Operating LP BCP for roughly $35 million, subject to adjustments for working capital and other items. The transaction also requires the approval of...
- Research articles 2002-03-18
- Polypropylene producers seek 5-cent increase.(Industry Overview)
- RISING CAPACITY utilization rates and an optimistic economic outlook are prompting North American polypropylene producers to launch a 5-cent increase for February 1. However more new capacity is slated to come on stream later this year, and that could push operating rates and margins down again....
- Research articles 2002-01-28
- Formosa $1 billion expansion on schedule.(Brief Article)
- Formosa Plastics Corp. USA is in the home stretch of a massive expansion that will add more than 1.5 billion pounds of polyolefins capacity at its Point Comfort, Texas, location by the first quarter of 2001. The Livingston, N.J.-based firm also is undertaking a...
- Research articles 2000-09-11
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- Formosa IPO would include J-M, Nan Ya Plastics.(News)(Formosa Plastics Group)(Formosa Plastics Corp. USA)(J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc.)(Nan Ya Plastics Corp.)(Initial public offerings)
- Byline: Frank Esposito Formosa Plastics Group is planning a U.S.-based initial public offering that would combine PVC/polyolefins maker Formosa Plastics Corp. USA with plastic pipe producer J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc. and PET resin maker Nan Ya Pla Byline: Frank Esposito ...
- Research articles 2005-05-30
- Formosa starts cleanup plan. (News).(Formosa Plastics Corp. USA settlement with Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality)(Brief Article)
- Byline: Frank Esposito Formosa Plastics Corp. USA has agreed to pay a $300,000 fine and fund $4 million in air and water safety improvements near its plastic and chemicals plant in Baton Rouge, La. The projects were detailed in an Oct. 9...
- Research articles 2002-10-21
- Formosa expanding capacity at Texas site.(News)(Formosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A.)
- Byline: Frank Esposito Formosa Plastics Corp. USA plans to add 375 million pounds of PVC resin capacity at its plant in Point Comfort, Texas. The Livingston, N.J.-based firm also has agreed to a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agenc Byline: Frank...
- Research articles 2005-07-04
- Formosa to rebuild PVC plant to OSHA specs; site uncertain.(News)(Formosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A)(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- Byline: Frank Esposito Formosa Plastics Corp. USA plans to rebuild its specialty PVC plant in Illiopolis, Ill., but is considering other locations as well. Regardless of the site, the new plant will have to meet safety provisions required by the Byline:...
- Research articles 2005-04-11
- Resolution charges Formosa with trade-secret theft.(Resolution Performance Products L.L.C., Formosa Plastics Corp.)(Brief Article)
- Resolution Performance Products Houston says it has filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Harris County, TX against Formosa Plastics Corp. Taipei and its U.S. affiliate Formosa Plastics USA, charging "unlawful conduct including unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, and conspiracy." Resolution says...
- Research articles 2004-09-15
- Formosa buys Borden's PVC site.(Borden Chemicals and Plastics L.P. sells PVC plant to Formosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Borden Chemicals and Plastics LP has completed the sale of its Illiopolis, Ill., PVC plant to Formosa Plastics Corp. USA for about $35 million. The sale was approved March 27 by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del. The court also...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- Formosa Plastics' U.S. Operations Adopt Six Sigma.(techniques)(Brief Article)
- FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP. USA (LIVINGSTON, NJ) says it will adopt six sigma techniques, which would make it the first foreign-owned chemical company to do so in the U.S. It would not say if its parent, Formosa Plastics Taipei planned to follow suit. The company...
- Research articles 2001-06-13
- Formosa eyes Borden's Ill. site.(Formosa Plastics Corporation U. S. A. plans acquisition of Borden Chemicals and Plastics L. P. Illiopolis, Illinois plant)(Brief Article)
- Formosa Plastics Corp. USA of Livingston, N.J., may grow its North American PVC business by buying Borden Chemicals and Plastics LP's 400 million-pound-per-year capacity plant in Illiopolis, Ill., for about $35 million. The Illiopolis site produces 200 million pounds of specialty PVC for...
- Research articles 2002-03-18
- Explosion hits Formosa unit.(News)(Formosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A.)(Brief Article)
- Already shaky after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, resin markets got another case of the jitters Oct. 6 when an explosion hit Formosa Plastics Corp. USA's plastics and petrochemicals complex in Port Comfort, Texas. The blast injured 11 people, one seriously. Rob Thibault, spokesman ...
- Research articles 2005-10-10
- Formosa won't rebuild PVC plant.(News)(Formosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A.)(poly vinyl chloride)(Brief article)
- Byline: Frank Esposito Formosa Plastics Corp. USA will continue to have a smaller operation in Illiopolis, Ill., but the firm won't rebuild the PVC resin plant that was destroyed in an explosion and fire almost three years ago. An official with...
- Research articles 2007-01-15
- And now, the good news.(Opinion)(Formosa Plastics Corporation U.S.A)(Shintech Inc.)(DAK Americas Inc.)(Brief Article)
- If you haven't been paying attention, you may have missed some good news, at least for North American processors, during the past few weeks. Resin companies are starting to invest in extra capacity in the region, or at least plan to. This development is...
- Research articles 2005-07-18
- Formosa seeks damages from Enron division.(Brief Article)
- Resin maker Formosa Plastics Corp. USA is seeking almost $15 million in damages from a fuel-supplying division of bankrupt energy trader Enron Corp. The $14.7 million that Livingston, N.J.-based Formosa is attempting to recoup is for Enron Liquid Resin maker Formosa Plastics...
- Research articles 2002-02-04
- Formosa appeals judgment and OSHA fine.
- Formosa Plastics Corp. USA is appealing a pair of legal decisions that have gone against the resin-making firm this year. Last week, Livingston, N.J.-based Formosa appealed a $114,000 fine levied by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Formosa Plastics Corp. USA is appealing a...
- Research articles 2000-12-18
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